Vocabulary
- going on: To continue doing something
- face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
- turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- around the world: In or to many countries.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- grab: To take and hold something quickly
- ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
- impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
- intriguing: Interesting; arousing your curiosity or wonder
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
- downright: Absolute; absolutely
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
- extra: More than necessary; additional
- thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
- taboo: Not being accepted by customs or society
- hefty: Being heavy or large
- theoretically: As regards ideas that could be true
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
- mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
- race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
- blunt: Without a sharp edge or point
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- verbal: Concerning verbs
- devote: To dedicate
- smash: Accident involving vehicles
- master: To gain control over something
- century: Period of 100 years
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
- lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- holy: Being good according to religious standards
- infinitely: Continuing forever without end; very great
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- quit: To leave a job
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- dictionary: Book with the spellings and meanings of many words
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- dent: Place on a car, etc. where it has been pushed in
- reef: Line of rocks or sand at the surface of the ocean
- dung: Excretion from animals
- kicker: Player who kicks the football
- singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
- lone: Being alone or the only one; single
- snorkel: To swim underwater using a breathing tube
- nah: Way of saying 'No'
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She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.
Vocabulary
- brave
adj. Having courage
- comfort zone
phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe
Explanation
a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step".
forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead".
The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.
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brave
US/brev/
UK/breɪv/
adj.Brave
v.t.To bravely face
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